My reading streak continues as does my staying home, and I am certainly not complaining. I did manage to reign in my spending this month after going a little overboard last month, which was good. Now that fall is officially here and the cooler weather has made its appearance, I am ready for all the spooky reads and those heavier, more in-depth reads…I obviously have the time for them!…
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Title: Verity Author: Colleen Hoover Published: December 2018, Independently Published Format: Paperback, 314 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at…
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Title: Jar of Hearts Author: Jennifer Hillier Published: August 2019, Minotaur Books Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: This is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who’s been searching for the truth all these years . . . When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong–one of the most popular girls in school–disappeared without a trace.…
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Title: The Nesting Author: C.J. Cooke Published: September 2020, Gallery Books Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: The woods are creeping in on a nanny and two young girls in this chilling modern Gothic thriller. Architect Tom Faraday is determined to finish the high-concept, environmentally friendly home he’s building in Norway–in the same place where he lost his wife, Aurelia, to suicide. It was their dream house,…
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Title: The Gone Dead Author: Chanelle Benz Published: March 2020, Ecco Books Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: An electrifying first novel from “a riveting new voice in American fiction” (George Saunders): A young woman returns to her childhood home in the American South and uncovers secrets about her father’s life and death Billie James’ inheritance isn’t much: a little money and a shack in…
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Title: The Royal Governess Author: Wendy Holden Published: August 2020, Berkley Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Sunday Times bestselling author Wendy Holden brings to life the unknown childhood years of one of the world’s most iconic figures, Queen Elizabeth II, and reveals the little-known governess who made Britain’s queen into the monarch we know today. In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepts the role of a lifetime, tutoring…
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Title: Little Disasters Author: Sarah Vaughan Published: August 2020, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: ARC E-copy, 432 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: A new thought-provoking novel exploring the complexity of motherhood and all that connects and disconnects us. You think you know her…but look a little closer. She is a stay-at-home mother-of-three with boundless reserves of patience, energy, and love. After being friends for a decade, this is how…
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Title: When No One Is Watching Author: Alyssa Cole Narrator: Susan Dalian, Jay Aaseng Published: September 2020, Harper Audio / William Morrow Paperbacks Length: 8 hours 30 minutes / 368 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – Paperback via Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the…
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I am so excited to be taking part in the cover reveal of Kristy Woodson Harvey’s newest book!!! I adore her books and this latest one sounds amazing. It will be released April 20, 2021. Title: Under the Southern Sky Author: Kristy Woodson Harvery Published: April 2021, Gallery Books Format: Paperback, 400 pages Summary: Two childhood friends discover that love—and family—can be found in unconventional ways in this timely,…
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Title: Blood Victory Author: Christopher Rice Series: Burning Girl, #3 Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Published: August 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: On a cross-country journey to hell, fear is the engine and vengeance is the destination as Christopher Rice’s Amazon Charts bestselling series continues.As the test subject of an experimental drug, Charlotte Rowe was infused with extraordinary powers. As the secret weapon of a…
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Title: Home for the Holidays Author: Sara Richardson Published: September 2020, Forever Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Sara Richardson writes unputdownable, unforgettable stories from the heart” in this emotional holiday novel, where three sisters have one last Christmas to confront their pasts before their lives change forever (Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling author). The Buchanan sisters all share special childhood memories of their Aunt Sassy’s beloved…
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Title: All Adults Here Author: Emma Straub Narrator: Emily Rankin Published: May 2020, Penguin Audio Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Source: ALC via Libro.fm Summary: A warm, funny, and keenly perceptive novel about the life cycle of one family–as the kids become parents, grandchildren become teenagers, and a matriarch confronts the legacy of her mistakes. From the New York Times bestselling author of Modern Lovers and The Vacationers. When…
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Title: Her Last Mistake Author: Carla Kovach Series: Detective Gina Harte, #6 Narrator: Alison Campbell Published: May 2020, Hachette – UK, Bookouture Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Source: Personal copy Summary: Dressed in a sage green bridesmaid dress, and smiling for pictures, Holly is the happiest she’s ever been. Hours later, Holly is dead.People love to hate Holly Long. Smart, beautiful and a woman who men find it hard…
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Title: A Mother’s Secret Author: Tess Stimson Published: May 2020, Avon Format: Papberback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Of course you trust your family… But should you? When every mother’s worst nightmare becomes Maddie’s reality, her first instinct is to turn to those closest to her for support: her loving husband, her brilliant children, her caring mother. But as the truth about what happened to her baby starts to…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Village of the Lost Girls by Agustin Martinez – I have review & an excerpt for you to read thanks to Mobius. Title: Village of the Lost Girls Author: Agustin Martinez Published: September 2020, Mobius Format: Hardcover, 496 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A breath-taking missing persons thriller set under the menacing peaks of the Pyrenees…
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Title: The Vacation Author: T.M. Logan Published: July 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 374 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Seven days. Three families. One killer. It was supposed to be the perfect holiday – a group of families enjoying a week together in the sun. Four women who have been best friends for as long as they can remember making the most of a luxurious villa in the south…
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Title: Spring Girls Author: Karen Katchur Series: Northampton County, #3 Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Published: June 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: She’s the only one who survived…and the only one who can help find the killer.Another spring, another dead girl pulled from a lake in the Appalachian foothills: the latest victim in a series of murders with few leads. But Detective Geena Brassard and her…
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Title: Don’t Look for Me Author: Wendy Walker Published: September 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher via Publicist Summary: In Wendy Walker’s thrilling novel Don’t Look for Me, the greatest risk isn’t running away. It’s running out of time. One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life. She doesn’t want to be found. Or at least, that’s the story. The car abandoned miles…
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Last month, Lee Matthew Goldberg’s latest book, THE ANCESTOR was published. I’m so happy to be participating in the blog tour for this book and am excited to be able to host a giveaway for this book. Read my review and see below for details on the giveaway!!! (GIVEAWAY CLOSED) Title: The Ancestor Author: Lee Matthew Goldberg Published: August 2020, All Due Respect Format: ARC Paperback, 348 pages Source: Publisher…
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Title: The Vanishing Half Author: Brit Bennett Published: June 2020, Riverhead Books Format: Hardcover, 343 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: From the New York Times -bestselling author of The Mothers , a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together…
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Title: Chaos Author: Iris Johansen Published: September 2020, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author introduces CIA agent Alisa Flynn, who is willing to go rogue if it means catching the most heartless band of criminals she’s ever encountered. When CIA agent Alisa Flynn flaunts the rules by breaking into a mansion in the middle of the night, she skillfully…
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Title: Just Mercy Author: Bryan Stevenson Published: November 2019, Spiegel & Grau Format: Paperback, Movie Tie-In Edition, 351 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice–from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE…
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Title: The Silent House Author: Nell Pattison Series: Paige Northwood, #1 Published: September 2020, Avon Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: If someone was in your house, you’d know . . . Wouldn’t you? But the Hunter family are deaf, and don’t hear a thing when a shocking crime takes place in the middle of the night. Instead, they wake up to their worst nightmare: the murder of…
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Title: For the Best Author: Vanessa Lillie Published: September 2020, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publicist Summary: Suspected of a murder she can’t remember, a troubled woman takes an unusual approach to proving her innocence in this gripping thriller from the bestselling author of Little Voices. When Jules Worthington-Smith’s wallet is found next to a dead man, she becomes the prime suspect in his murder. After…
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Please join me in welcoming Vanessa Lillie to Always With a Book. Vanessa’s latest book, For the Best, will be published today. I love Vanessa’s writing! I’ll be posting my review of For the Best later today, but for now, please enjoy this guest post where she discusses the story behind the book. Title: For the Best Author: Vanessa Lillie Published: September 2020, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 320…
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Title: One by One Author: Ruth Ware Published: September 2020, Scout Press Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark Dark Wood returns with another suspenseful thriller set on a snow-covered mountain. Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s…
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Title: The Woman in the Mirror Author: Rebecca James Published: March 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Rebecca James unveils a chilling modern gothic novel of a family consumed by the shadows and secrets of its past in The Woman in the Mirror. For more than two centuries, Winterbourne Hall has stood atop a bluff overseeing the English countryside of Cornwall and the sea beyond.…
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Title: The Happy Ever After Playlist Author: Abby Jimenez Series: The Friend Zone, #2 Narrator: Zachary Webber, Erin Mallon Published: April 2020, Hachette Audio Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Source: ALC from Libro.fm Summary: From the USA Today bestselling author of The Friend Zone comes an adorable and fresh romantic comedy about one trouble-making dog who brings together two perfect strangers. Two years after losing her fiancé, Sloan Monroe…
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Title: Girl Gone Mad Author: Avery Bishop Published: September 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 412 pages Source: Publicist Summary: They say everything is fun and games until someone gets hurt. Well, someone did—and now the game has changed… Emily Bennett works as a therapist in Pennsylvania, helping children overcome their troubled pasts—even as she struggles to forget her own. Once upon a time, Emily was part of a…
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Amazon Original Stories, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, is pleased to present OUT OF LINE: Women on the Verge of a Breakthrough. What happens when women step out of line and take control of their own stories? Big fears, small frustrations, and power of hope collide as seven award-winning authors explore the possibilities. From demanding equal pay to resisting a genetically engineered future, this collection offers up visions that are…
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It was another good reading month and I am continuing to be content staying home and reading my books. I am looking forward to the cooler weather, though I do still plan on reading outside as much as I can – I’m totally fine wearing a sweater and scarf! As long as it’s not raining or snowing, I will be outside either on the deck or my front porch, with…
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Title: White Out Author: Danielle Girard Series: Badlands Thriller, #1 Published: August 2020, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 364 pages Source: Author Summary: After surviving a car accident on an icy road in Hagen, North Dakota, Lily Baker regains consciousness with no idea where or who she is. Scattered Bible verses and the image of a man lying in a pool of blood haunt her memory. The same night…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to Park Row. Title: The Last Story of Mina Lee Author: Nancy Jooyoun Kim Published: September 2020, Park Row Format: Hardcover, 384 pages Summary: A poignant mother-daughter story and surprising mystery, The Last Story of Mina…
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Title: The Lions of Fifth Avenue Author: Fiona Davis Published: August 2020, Dutton Books Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! “A page-turner for booklovers everywhere! . . . A story of family ties, their lost dreams, and the redemption that comes from discovering truth.”—Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Shoemaker’s Wife In nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis’s latest historical…
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Title: Hidden Bones Author: Vivian Barz Series: Dead Remaining, #2 Narrator: Julie McKay Published: August 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Amazon Charts bestselling author Vivian Barz pits Susan Marlan and Eric Evans against a new menacing adversary in this suspenseful sequel to her acclaimed debut, Forgotten Bones. Two months have passed, and the horrors of Death Farm still torment police officer Susan Marlan…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for the When I Was You by Amber Garza. Thank you MIRA for inviting me to participate. Title: When I Was You Author: Amber Garza Published: August 2020, MIRA Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher Summary: You meets Fatal Attraction in this up-all-night story of suspicion, obsession and motherhood. It all begins on an ordinary…
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Title: The Friendship List Author: Susan Mallery Published: August 2020, HQN Format: Hardcover, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: [ ] Dance till dawn [ ] Go skydiving [ ] Wear a bikini in public [ ] Start living Two best friends jump-start their lives in a summer that will change them forever… Single mom Ellen Fox couldn’t be more content—until she overhears her son saying he can’t go to…
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I was excited when I heard my book club had selected Winter in Paradise and What Happens in Paradise, the first two book in Elin Hilderbrand’s Paradise trilogy. Yes, I had already read (or actually listened to) these books when they first came out, but I figured this was the perfect opportunity for me to reread them and be ready for when the third book came out later this year. …
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Title: The Woods Author: Vanessa Savage Published: August 2020, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Two girls went down to the woods… But only one came back There’s a lot from Tess’s childhood that she would rather forget. The family who moved next door and brought chaos to their quiet lives. The two girls who were murdered, their killer never found. But the only…
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Title: The Daughters of Foxcote Manor Author: Eve Chase Published: July 2020, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: ARC E-copy, 386 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Readers of Lisa Jewell and Simone St. James will delight in this haunting, touching story of mothers, daughters, and belonging–and the devastating lies families tell themselves in order to survive. An isolated forest estate. A family with a terrible secret. The discovery that changes everything. England, 1970.…
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Title: Betty Author: Tiffany McDaniel Published: August 2020, Knopf Format: ARC E-copy, 480 pages Source: Netgalley via Author Summary: A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians in which a young girl discovers stark truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life. “A girl comes of age against the knife.” So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in…
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Title: Her Last Flight Author: Beatriz Williams Published: June 2020, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Source: Publisher via TLC BookTours Summary: In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a remote surfing village on the Hawaiian island of Kauai to research a planned biography of forgotten aviation pioneer Sam Mallory, who joined the loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War and never returned. Obsessed with…
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Title: The Heatwave Author: Kate Riordan Narrator: Miranda Raison Published: August 2020, Hachette Audio / Grand Central Publishing Length: 8 hours 46 minutes / 352 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher Summary: “A sultry, gorgeously written and hugely atmospheric thriller with a dark, compelling mystery at its heart.”-Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party and The Guest List…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Dazzling Truth by Helen Cullen – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to Graydon House. Title: The Dazzling Truth Author: Helen Cullen Published: August 2020, Graydon House Format: Paperback, 384 pages Summary: One Irish family. Three decades. One dazzling story. In the courtyards of Trinity College, Dublin, in 1978, aspiring actress Maeve…
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Title: Until I Find You Author: Rea Frey Published: August 2020, St. Martin’s Griffin Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In Until I Find You, celebrated author Rea Frey brings you her most explosive, emotional, taut domestic drama yet about the powerful bond between mothers and children…and how far one woman will go to bring her son home. “Frey is a rising star in the suspense scene” –…
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Earlier this month, Ellen Feldman’s latest novel, Paris Never Leaves You, was published. I’m so happy to be participating on the blog tour for this book and am excited to be able to host a giveaway for one lucky reader. I just finished reading the book and posted my review earlier today – you can find my review here. Read on to see what others have to say and…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman. Thank you St. Martin’s Griffin for inviting me to participate. Title: Paris Never Leaves You Author: Ellen Feldman Published: August 2020, St. Martin’s Griffin Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Living through WWII working in a Paris bookstore with her young daughter, Vivi, and fighting…
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Title: What You Wish For Author: Katherine Center Published: July 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Samantha Casey is a school librarian who loves her job, the kids, and her school family with passion and joy for living. But she wasn’t always that way. Duncan Carpenter is the new school principal who lives by rules and regulations, guided by the knowledge that bad things…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for the The Night Swim by Megan Goldin. Thank you St. Martin’s Press for inviting me to participate. Title: The Night Swim Author: Megan Goldin Published: August 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In this new thriller from the author of The Escape Room, a podcast host covering a controversial trial…
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Title: Family for Beginners Author: Sarah Morgan Published: May 2020, HQN Books Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: New York florist Flora Donovan is living the dream, but her bubbly optimism hides a secret. She’s lonely. Orphaned as a child, she’s never felt like she’s belonged anywhere…until she meets Jack Parker. He’s the first man to ever really see her, and it’s life changing. Teenager Izzy Parker is holding…
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